Artist statement
Ravishing Beauty: The Aesthetics of Rape in Grace Ndiritu's video Desert Storm,
by Caroline Bagenal for After Image Magazine, Issue 39, 1&2, 2011
Desert Storm (2004) is a disturbing and powerful video by the young British artist Grace Ndiritu. In this haunting reminder of war's female casualties, Ndiritu addresses war and rape as a tool of war, performing, filming, and editing the piece herself. The aesthetic choices made by Ndiritu in Desert Storm bear examination in relation to other artworks depicting rape and war. To read the full article go to
http://www.luxonline.org.uk/articles/ravishing_beauty.html
Solo exhibitions
- 2011 Grace Ndiritu: Film/Video Survey, ICA, London
- 2009 My Blood Self, ARTPROJX PRESENTS, Prince Charles Cinema, London
- 2007 Responsible Tourism & Still Life, CHISENHALE GALLERY, London
- 2005 Time, DELFINA STUDIOS, London
- 2005 51st VENICE BIENNALE, Nuova Icona & Ikon Gallery, Venice
- 2005 The Nightingale, IKON GALLERY, Birmingham, UK
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Shifting Cards, ART-CADE, Marseilles, France
- 2012 Cotton Global Threads, WHITWORTH GALLERY, Manchester, UK
- 2012 Synchronicity II curated by On the Roof, Tiwani Contemporary, London
- 2011 9th BAMAKO BIENNALE, African Photography Biennale, Mali
- 2011 Synchronicity I curated by On the Roof, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris
- 2011 Pattern ID Tour, KEMPER MUSEUM, Kansas, USA
- 2010 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 2010 Events of the Self: Portraiture & Self Identity, THE WALTHER COLLECTION, Germany
- 2010 Curtain Show, EASTSIDE PROJECTS, Birmingham UK
- 2010 Poetics of Colour, CENTRO JOSE GUERRERO, Spain
- 2010 Like Love Part 2/Action, BLUECOAT GALLERY, Liverpool
- 2010 Pattern ID, AKRON ART MUSEUM, Ohio
- 2009 Identity: An Imagined State, CCA LAGOS, Nigeria
- 2009 Dress Codes: Third Triennale, INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, New York
- 2009 8th DAKAR BIENNALE, IFA Gallery Berlin & Stuttgart, Germany
- 2009 Code Share, CAC VILNIUS Contemporay Art Center, Lithuania
- 2008 Essential Art of African Textiles, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York
- 2008 The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles/Recent Art, GREY ART GALLERY, New York
- 2008 WHITSTABLE BIENNALE, Whitstable Museum & Gallery, Whitstable
- 2008 8th DAKAR BIENNALE, Dakar, Senegal
- 2008 FLOW, STUDIO MUSEUM HARLEM, New York
- 2007 VIDEO BRASIL 16TH, Sesc, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- 2007 VIDEO KILLED THE PAINTING STAR, Domus Atrium 2002, Salamanca (more info)
- 2007 THE ARTISTS BODY, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2007 THE BLACK BOX, curators Carolina Grau & Marc Olivier Wahler, ARCO, Madrid
- 2004 Delfina 2004, Delfina Studio, London
- 2004 Pilot 1, Limehouse Town Hall, London
- 2004 Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno
- 2004 Leamington Open, Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington
- 2004 Perspective, Ormeau Bath Gallery, Belfast
- 2002 Two, Uberbau, Dusseldorf, Germany
- 2002 Early works, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2001 Buren, Van Abbe Museum, Netherlands
- 2000 Arena Workshop / Rita McBride, Kunsthalle, Baden Baden, Germany
- 2000 To Be announced / Rita McBride, NAK Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
- 1999 Teleo, Television Festival, Nantes, France
Live/Performance
- 2013 For A Shamanic Cinema, CENTRE POMPIDOU, Paris, France
- 2013 Women Who Run With Wolves, MUSEE CHASEE & NATURE, Paris, France
- 2009 My Blood Self, Late at Tate, TATE BRITAIN, London
Artist talks
- 2010 Questions from the Past, TATE BRITAIN, http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tate-events/id193329274
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2011 5x5 CASTELLO International Art Prize (nominated by Marlene Dumas), EACC, Spain
- 2009 1ST PRIZE: Journeys North: Pioneer, CENTRE FOR ART & NATURE, Huesca, Spain
- 2008 WINNER Thamgidi Art Prize 2008, DAKAR BIENNALE, Senegal
- 2004 WINNER Perspective Art Prize 2004, Ormeau Baths Gallery OBG, Belfast
Other
- 2009 THE NIGHTINGALE, permanent collection, METROPOLITIAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York
Web links - gallery/work/projects
